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100

You're writing about your personal connection to oak trees

What is an Introspection?

100

The animal that was the topic of Serena Jampel's scrut

What are whales?

100

Proper formatting for when you need to indicate that something is past noon

What is p. m.?

100

This outgoing Chair used to run Track & Field at Harvard

Who is Hewson Duffy?

100

The year The Crimson was founded

What is 1873?

200

You're writing about a doctor from Harvard Medical School who was murdered in 1849

What is a Retrospection?

200

This award appeared in the title of a November scrut

What is the Rhodes Scholarship?

200

When is it acceptable to use most acronyms?

What is the second reference?

200

This outgoing FM Chair is studying Psychology and Government

Who is Kaitlyn Tsai?

200

The location of The Crimson

Where is 14 Plympton Street?

300

You're writing about whether students should have the Canvas app on their phones

What is an Inquiry?

300

The name of the first scrut released this semester

What is Viral Veritas?

300

Numbers that should be spelled out

What is zero to nine?

300

The Introspections editors

Who are Jem Williams and Rose Giroux?

300

The name of the process for selecting future Crimson executives

What is the turkey shoot?

400

You're writing about a Harvard student who invented a rival to ChatGPT

What is a Conversation?

400

The two people that were the subjects of scruts this semester

Who are Hanna Stotland and Cambridge Mayor E. Denise Simmons?

400

When indicating the year someone graduated from Harvard College, the apostrophe curves in this direction of the numbers

What is away from?

400

The incoming FM Chair

Who is Yasmeen Khan?

400

This US President is also a former president of The Crimson

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?

500

You're writing about the ongoing rivalry between two shops in the square

What is an Around Town?

500

The names of both writers of "How Cambridge Is Reimagining Reparations"

Who are Jade Lozada and Jem Williams?

500

The Lampoon must be described as this upon first reference in most pieces

What is a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine?

500

This incoming exec has a poetry collection that will be published in 2026

Who is Elane Kim?

500

The original name of The Crimson

What is "The Magenta"?

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